Yayoi asukayama hanami,Shigemasa Kitao,Photo of Ukiyo-e,Japan,Tea Party,Cherry

Title: Yayoi asukayama hanami
Related Names:
Kitao, Shigemasa, 1739-1820 , artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1772 and 1776]
Summary: Print shows three women and a man having a small tea party beneath blossoming cherry trees.
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.
From the series: Junikagetsu : Twelve months.
Attributed to: Kitao Shigemasa.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Exhibited: 'Sakura : Cherry Blossom as Living Symbol of Friendship' in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2012.
Exhibit caption: Shigemasa's 18th-century hanami (flower viewing) party scene shows three women and a man at Asukayama Park, opened by Japanese Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684-1751) who had its famous cherry trees transplanted there in 1720. Comfortably arranged on a ground cover inside a partial enclosure, they are likely enjoying warmed saké. Such parties continue to be a thriving Japanese pastime, replete with traditional sake and picnic blankets laid out hours in advance at the best sakura viewing spots. Above the image is a haiku poem describing both arboreal and human 'blossoms': Murekitaru / Hana mata hana no / Asuka-yama : All flocked together / Blossoms upon blossoms / Asuka Hill
Subjects:
Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1770-1780.
Beauty--Japan--1770-1780.
Tea parties--Japan--1770-1780.
Cherry trees--Japan--1770-1780.
Flowers--Japan--1770-1780.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1770-1780.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1770-1780--Reproductions--1890-1940.
Bookmark /2008660831/
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